Sakuragi Rin's Trouble!

April 24, 10:23 a.m.

A full day had passed since Xu Jingming obtained Zakri's inheritance.

In the southern Wilderness Area of Sakura Country, beneath a ruined building, the ground was littered with the corpses of ferocious beasts.

Only one beast still retained a trace of life.

This beast resembled an ape, its fur an eerie bluish-gray.

It stood over five meters tall and looked thoroughly vicious.

A Cyan Fur Giant Ape, a Lord-Level ferocious beast.

Judging from its aura alone, this Cyan Fur Giant Ape had reached an astonishing eighth order!

Yet at this moment, it lay on the verge of death in a deep pit.

Its body was covered in charred marks left by lightning strikes. Its pair of cyan eyes seemed to burn with endless fury as they stared at Xu Jingming.

"Damn human! The Cyan Fur Giant Ape clan will not let you off!"

Along with its roaring howl came a Mental Strength fluctuation, allowing Xu Jingming to understand its meaning.

"Oh? Perfect. That saves me the trouble of searching everywhere for ferocious beasts."

Xu Jingming, his muscular body wreathed in golden lightning, paid it no mind.

Then his gaze sharpened. Mental Strength surged wildly toward the weakened Cyan Fur Giant Ape before him, vaguely forming an immensely intricate heart-shaped mark!

Mental Type SSS+ Rank Battle Technique—Slave Heart Seal!

Boom!!

Compared to human Metahumans, ferocious beasts possessed inherently weaker Mental Strength.

Not to mention that this Cyan Fur Giant Ape had been beaten to the brink of death by Xu Jingming and had no strength left to resist.

It could only allow the Slave Heart Seal to invade its consciousness.

"Roar—"

A pained roar rang out as the Slave Heart Seal easily left Xu Jingming's mark within the Cyan Fur Giant Ape's Sea of Consciousness.

However, in